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- China has successfully launched two navigation satellites as a step to build its own global positioning network to rival the US-based GPS with a constellation of over 30 satellites.
- This system will provide services for countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, and form a complete global satellite navigation system by 2020.
- China will become the third country in the World after the US and Russia to operate its own Global Positioning System (GPS) system.
- The BeiDou project was formally initiated in 1994.
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